WNBA DRAFT

April 14, 2025

Aneesha Morrow

Connecticut Sun

Q. The Sun are going through a transitional period. I was wondering how you see yourself making an impact and fitting in on this team?

ANEESAH MORROW: Yes, being able to have the opportunity, take advantage of those opportunities once I get to market and put the work in and try to be a workaholic, honestly, put as much work in as I possibly can.

Q. Holly talked about your relationship with your grandmother and how she influenced you to play basketball. Can you please expound a little bit more on that.

ANEESAH MORROW: Yes, she used to always tell us they paved the way for us. She was playing when it was only half a court. There wasn't a full court at that time. She was passionate about it. My mother was passionate about it, as well. They always talk about that grit that they had on the floor, that they were not going to back down to anybody, and they held me to that standard.

Q. Are there any matchups that you're looking forward to now that you're in the W?

ANEESAH MORROW: Yes, I feel like I've gotten this question a lot, but I'm looking forward to matching up against Angel. That's my former teammate. I love her to death, but I know there's going to be two dogs clashing on the floor and trying to go up in there and get as many rebounds as we possibly can.

Q. You spoke about the sacrifices your parents made and that's the reason you go so hard. If you could tell them anything tonight, what would it be?

ANEESAH MORROW: That I am 100 percent grateful for everything. That's the reason why I go out there and work every day. I feel like that's the only way I can pay them back. I don't know of another way I can pay them back but just me showing my gratitude for everything that they did. So when I step foot on the floor, either in a practice or in a game, I try to give it my all.

Q. You're one of the most dominant rebounders I've ever seen in college basketball. What drives that relentlessness, and how do you keep that edge every night?

ANEESAH MORROW: It's hard, honestly, especially being undersized, but you have to come in with a certain mindset. I set goals before every game of what I want to accomplish, and sometimes those goals might seem out of reach, but if I fall short of them, I still could have 25 and 20.

That's kind of my mindset when I go in there is to be as dominant as I can from the tip because I can't wait until the end of the game and try to rush and try to get rebounds because I could have made an impact sooner that would have helped my team.

Q. You get to play alongside Tina Charles. Talk about how excited are you to be learning the game from her and improving your game?

ANEESAH MORROW: Yes. She's a dog, double-double machine, as well, and being able to be a sponge and learn as much about the league as she knows will be great. You have to come in, you have to learn from your vets. You're trying to get where they're at, so you have to be respectful, come up in there and be dominant on the floor but also be able to go under their shoulder and ask them questions and learn.

Q. Who in the WNBA do you watch and say that's the type of impact that I want to have?

ANEESAH MORROW: I would say that I always watch AT. She's undersized but she holds her own. She doesn't take no s--- from nobody. She comes in there and she holds her own every night. She can defend almost every position, and that's hard. You have to know and have the skill to do that. You have to know who you're guarding. You have to know your scouting report, and she's very productive with that.